Biology:Anthidium cingulatum
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Short description: Species of bee
| Anthidium cingulatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Anthidium |
| Species: | A. cingulatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthidium cingulatum Latreille, 1809
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Anthidium cingulatum is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter bees or mason bees which is found in south and central Europe east to Siberia and south to North Africa and Iran.[2] It feeds on the nectar and pollen of plants in the families Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae[2] while males have been recorded as pollinators of the lizard orchid Himantoglossum caprinum in Crimea.[3]
References
- ↑ "Anthidium cingulatum Latreille, 1809". Discover Life. The Polistes Corporation. http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Anthidium+cingulatum.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Samad Khaghaninia; Yasemin Güler; Mozhgan Mousavi (2010). "Megachilids Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Aynali Forests with four new records for Iran". Munis Entomology & Zoology Journal 5 supplement: 890–895. http://www.munisentzool.org/yayin/vol5/suppl/890-895.pdf.
- ↑ "Pollination Ecology of Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum caprinum) in Crimea". R.r-b-o.eu. 2011. http://www.r-b-o.eu/rbo_public/Ivanov_et_al_2011.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q2180076 entry
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